#hero #archetype #exposition ACT 1. FIRE. BIRTH: All three steps in the first act have the quality of fire associated with them: the birth of a hero, the birth of a wish of the heart, and the birth of an idea of a new journey when exploration really begins. You can see the whole outline here. Hero’s Transformation Step by Step: Exposition: WARRIOR-->FOOL STEP (First 10-12 minutes) (Exposition of a wound-ego/ The trickster is asking a hero: 'Who do you want to be?) The Warrior

The Intuitive Screenwriting Wheel VS The Hero's Journey VS The Blake Snyder Beat Sheet Here you can find the Hero’s Transformation Outline step by step. Please have in mind two major rules about archetypal wheel progression: 1. Every act is a closed system and yet intertwined with the rest of the wheel. This is really important for understanding the four-act structure! 2. Every step or transformational stage on the wheel is dual/oppositional. One archetype exists only in rela

“As being is to becoming, so is truth to belief.” Plato, Timaeus If we understand that the Hero’s journey (transformational) model in storytelling is actually collective consciousness in motion that is showing us a precisely defined order woven into our psyche, and since the psyche is governed by natural forces that cannot be seen, but are nevertheless real and also universal, maybe the principles of storytelling are not just universal but also connected to the principles tha

#storytelling #story #archetype #storyelements Wherever you look, with whomever you speak, whatever you buy or read or watch (whether it’s art or not), someone is telling you a story, or you’re telling a story to someone. "You would not believe what happened to me today…” Blogs and marketing equations are full of tips on how to sell a story rather than just a product because they claim that nowadays buyers are rarely buying only a product. Good, archetypal yet untold narrativ

#story #writing #screenplay #theaterplay #archetype For every single writer (screenwriter or a playwright) the first and most important question is always, “what am I going to write about?” Young filmmakers ask me this question again and again: “what is the perfect story for me in this moment of my life?” The answer is not a straight-forward one. The choice should be wise, elegant, obvious, relevant and important for you and for the audience, and it should be yours and yours

#creation #storytelling #art #film #archetype I imagine artworks as living beings that communicate freely amongst themselves. They interact with each other, exchange information, and even make love. I have no doubt that sometimes they gossip and talk about us as well. Wherever I turn I see art, on the streets, in my own relationships, in other people's relationships, in living and inanimate nature. Everything around me is a parallel life that is dense with meaning. A special